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La vera storia del banditismo.
Ginevra, Ferni, 1972, 16mo legatura editoriale con titoli al dorso, pp. 246, alcune illustrazioni fuori testo.
Libreria Piani · Monte San Pietro, IT10,00 €
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19730017367BPC Publishing Limited 1973. 20 book set maroon pictdorial covers with white ltrs pictorial endpapers corners are bumped clean and tight. A pictorial encyclopedia of aberrant behavior. Everything from Crime Busters of how it all started to Ma Baker Alcatraz Benedict Anold etc. Extra postage for multiple books is included in price. 1st Printiing 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No DJ. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. BPC Publishing Limited Hardcover
Ginevra, Ferni, 1972, 16mo legatura editoriale con titoli al dorso, pp. 246, alcune illustrazioni fuori testo.
Firenze, Sansoni, 1969. Rivista in 8vo brossura editoriale con sovraccoperta, pp 202. Anno XXII vol X "I problemi di Ulisse" Proposti da Maria Luisa Astaldi
In 4, pp. 69 + (1). Stemma xilogr. al fr. Annotazione manoscritta coeva al fr. Esemplare privo di legatura all'origine cucito al dorso. Elenco di banditi 'di primo e secondo catalogo' descritti attraverso generalita', aspetto fisico, reati commessi (furti, grassazioni, porto d'armi abusivo, violenze, omicidi...). Tra i banditi citati, figurano nomi originari di Sommavariva Bosco, Oulx, Saluzzo, Pinerolo, Ponte San Martino, Mortara, ecc...
185413979P., Librairie Nouvelle, 1854, in-12, (vi)-314 pp, reliure demi-toile havane, dos lisse avec fleuron et double filet doré en queue, pièce de titre basane fauve, tranche sup. rouge (rel. de l'époque), qqs rousseurs, bon état
1937109855Toulouse, Editions Imprimerie Régionale, 1937, gr. in-8°, 186 pp, 8 planches hors texte, broché, qqs feuillets tachés in fine, C. de bibl., bon état
201103236Paris, France Empire, 1989 ; in-8, 204 pp., broché, couverture illustr. Très bon état.
in-16 broché, couverture illustrée.- RARE. Bel exemplaire. [MB-3]
1923KRIM0443Wien, Prag, Lpz., Strache (1923). 215 S., OPp., berieb., bestoßen, Rücken fehlt, Ecken tlw. angeplatzt. Exlibris auf vord. Spoiegel, flieg. Vors. m. kl. Nummernetikett. H.-G. I/220.
193344785New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1933. Book Club Edition. With "H-H" code on copyright page. Octavo 21.5cm; dark blue cloth with titling and decorations stamped in lime green across spine and covers; patterned endpapers; dustjacket; viii2951pp. Inscribed by the author on the dedication page: "For Bill Paxson who likes greyhound racing as much as I do - Best regards - W.R. Burnett." Sunning to spine light wear to extremities with some scattered soil to front cover; contents clean; Very Good or better. Dustjacket is spine-sunned with modest shelfwear several tiny nicks and short tears and a 1.5" closed tear at upper front joint; Very Good. Inscribed copy of Burnett's seventh book a novel set in California and centered around a down-and-out gambler his interaction with gangsters and his love affair with dog racing - particularly with a greyhound named Dark Hazard. Burnett became involved in dog racing for a time while writing the novel and even owned a greyhound named War Cry. Basis for Alfred E. Green's 1934 film of the same name starring Edward G. Robinson and Genevieve Tobin and a 1937 B-picture titled Wine Women and Horses. Hubin p.58; Baird 359. Harper & Brothers Publishers unknown
193629958Detroit: Juvenile Court and the Human Relations Councils of Wayne County 1936. First Edition. Quarto 28cm. Side-stapled mimeographed self-wrappers; illus. Extremities a bit foxed and toned minor wear from handling else Very Good and sound. <br /> <br /> Monthly newsletter that "aims to acquaint the public with the work of prevention councils in Wayne County." Provides short pieces on treatment research and prevention; articles include "Forgiveness Is Not Condonation" "Boys Don't Want to Be Criminals" and "Lock Your Car." No holdings located in OCLC as of April 2024. Juvenile Court and the Human Relations Councils of Wayne County unknown
182611366Boston: Various Publishers 1826-1829. Various Editions. Octavo 22cm.; cloth-backed boards with original paper spine label; 330pp paginated continuously but each report with a separate title page; six inserted leaves of woodcut plates. A solid well-preserved copy with scattered foxing to text; Very Good. First four reports of Timothy Dwight's pioneering Prison Discipline Society dedicated to the amelioration of the harsh conditions prevailing in American prisons during the early republic. With six woodcut plates mostly plans of prison buildlings and grounds. Various Publishers unknown
191631420Boston: Small Maynard & Company 1916. First Edition. Octavo 19.5cm; olive green buckram with printed title labels at spine and front cover; dustjacket; 340 4pp. Mild sunning to spine with two faint stains to upper edge of textblock; contents clean; Near Fine. Dustjacket priced $1.50 at mid-spine; hint of sunning and faint vertical crease to spine light dustiness overall with a few small tears and nicks; Very Good. "Human documents from the experiences of a Massachusetts probation officer in the application of the probation system to the problems of men and women who without it would have been permanently lost to useful citizenship" from front panel. Small, Maynard & Company unknown
193628984New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc 1936. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21cm; mauve cloth with titling and decorations stamped in black on spine and front cover; black topstain; dustjacket; illus.frontispiece 368pp. Slight musty odor else Fine in a Very Good dustjacket unclipped priced $3.00 sunned and edgeworn with small chips to extremities short tears and splits along flap folds.<br /> <br /> Life story of a career criminal incarcerated in the Oregon State Prison after a career of check forging hold-ups safe-blowing and theft. "Principal incidents are Duncan's escape and recapture; otherwise this is a diary of a criminal's routine prison life" SUVAK 98 p.32. Scarce in dustjacket. E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc unknown
192419572Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company 1924. First Edition. Octavo 18.5cm; maroon cloth white labels on spine and front panel with titles printed in black; dustjacket; 105pp. Contemporary inscription on the front endpaper: "The call of these men behind the walls ought to be heard. Cordially / Leslie L. Sanders / 1963 Ruckle St. Indianapolis Ind." Light dustiness and faint spotting to upper edge of text else Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $1.25 dust-soiled with chips at spine ends corners and upper rear panel affecting text and a dozen small tape mends verso and to rear panel; Good substantially complete example. Late volume written by the former chairman of the New York Commission on Prison Reform who once famously volunteered to spend a week in prison. Osborne grapples with the challenges of prison administration prisoner welfare and making "an intelligent plan of prison management a thing of general social concern." While the exact identity of the inscriber is not known we find one Leslie Lee Sanders of Indianapolis IN a former convict sentenced to four years in Leavenworth for mail fraud in June of 1925 as a likely candidate The Indianapolis News - 8 June 1925; p.12. A scarce volume and unseen by us in the very fragile dustjacket. J.B. Lippincott Company unknown
193452693New York: Rae D. Henkle Publisher 1934. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 20.5cm; black cloth with titling and decorations stamped in red on spine and front cover; red topstain; dustjacket; 67-320pp. Base of spine gently nudged else a fresh Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $2.50 edgeworn with a few shallow nicks to spine ends and corners none affecting lettering a short split at lower flap fold and some old faint spatter marks most evident on the red portions of the panels; Very Good. <br /> <br /> Memoir of Boston-born career criminal John Goode 1864-1934 whose life in crime began at age 11 working as a look-out for a gang of burglars after moving to a Colorado mining camp. His criminal career involved robbery and train robbery cattle rustling looting gambling houses pickpocketing and grand larceny spending time in prisons and penitentiaries across the country. "Goode has recorded a great amount of detail about experiences in prison cells -- the long nights the childish pranks prisoners play to relieve the tedium and the devious and limitless ways in which life is made more uncomfortable" SUVAK 128. Includes commentary on his experiences doing time at the Ohio Penitentiary City Prison of Manhattan and Sing Sing Prison. Goode was encouraged "to put his story into some form of written order" by his friend publisher Rae D. Henkle who in his prefatory note describes him as having "a gentle kindly smile that reflected a gentle kindly spirit: a man who had been helped out of his particular hell and who wanted with all his heart to help other men." Goode died shortly prior to publication of his memoir. Scarce in dustjacket; OCLC notes about two dozen holdings but most appear to be in circulating collections. Rae D. Henkle, Publisher unknown
192919739New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1929. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 22.5cm; purple cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front panel; red topstain; dustjacket; 308pp 1. Vintage bookseller's ticket to rear pastedown upper board edges slightly darkened with a slight bump to upper right corner of front panel; Near Fine. Dustjacket is price-clipped with several edge tears and a dozen clear tape mends on verso; light wear and shallow chipping to extremities with a deeper chip at crown not affecting titles; just Very Good.<br /> <br /> Narrative account of Ernest Booth an unreprentant career criminal who by his own admission was an accomplished burglar and forger. "Booth's career as a thief was punctuated by several brief stays in county jails and over half of a five-year sentence at San Quentin. He secured an excellent inmate job at San Quentin photographer but after a parole denial soured on it and used the position as a front to appropriate salable items from the administration." Uncommon and rarely found in jacket. SUVAK 26. 19739. Alfred A. Knopf unknown
193161416New York: Horace Liveright Inc 1931. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21.25cm; navy blue cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xiv450pp. Inscribed by Lindsey on the front endpaper in the year of publication: "To Dear old Tom Smith / with love & good wishes / Ben B. Lindsey." Spine ends gently nudged beginning oxidation to spine titling with mild dust-soil to upper edge of textblock; contents fresh; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $3.00 dust-soiled gently spine-sunned with some shallow losses to spine ends and a few small nicks tears and attendant creases; Very Good. Autobiography of the noted Progressive Era judge and social reformer a pioneer in the establishment of the juvenile court system. "Judge Lindsey inaugurated the Juvenile and Domestice Relations Court in Denver: an institution that has been of prime social importance in that through it the problems of men women and children were taken before a really human man who administered the law from the standpoint of the amelioration of unhappiness" from rear panel. Uncommon inscribed. Horace Liveright, Inc unknown
187832526Chicago: Donnelley Lloyd & Co 1878. First Edition. Small octavo 18.5cm.; publisher's brown decorative cloth embossed in black and gilt blue-grey glazed endpapers; 256pp.; frontispiece full-page illus. throughout. Some light wear to extremities spine gilt rather dulled else Very Good or better. Memoir of the professional gambler/drunk-turned-evangelist. See BANTA's Indiana Authors and Their Books p. 195. Donnelley, Lloyd & Co unknown
187463860New York: United States Publishing Company 1874. First Edition. Sold by Subscription. Large octavo. Publisher's green pictorial cloth titles in gilt on spine; pale yellow endpapers; 670pp; illus. Boards heavily chaffed along foredge thus Good only but otherwise a tight well-preserved copy with gilt and pictorial devices still crisp and bright. <br /> <br /> An encyclopedic history of noted New York crimes and criminals with sections on contemporary penological practices including capital and corporal punishment. Like most subscription books from this period rather cheaply produced and consequently uncommon; this despite defects a presentable copy. United States Publishing Company unknown
191063051Martinez CA: R.R. Veale Sheriff of Contra Costa Co N.d. ca. 1910s. Original wanted flyer on pink stock 10" x 8"; text in a single column beneath headline and mug-shots. Slightly creased; ragged at bottom edge; Very Good. Undated but we find George Fraser listed as a Constable in Pinole in the California Roster of State County and Municipal Employees for 1917. The suspect Charles Miller is identified as a German-born immigrant "poses as a Horse Doctor.speaks broken German also speaks French. is a booze fighter." The issuing sheriff R.R. Veale was one of the longest-serving sheriffs in California history holding the office from 1895 through the mid-1930s. R.R. Veale, Sheriff of Contra Costa Co unknown
195715176New York: E.P. Dutton 1957. First Edition. Octavo 21cm; red cloth boards lettered in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 248pp. Lengthily inscribed on front endpaper by the author dated 1957. Mild rubbing to bottom board edges else a tight Near Fine copy in a bright unclipped dustwrapper.<br /> <br /> Biography of Joseph E. Ragen long-time warden of the Illinois State Penitentiary at Statesville-Joliet home to Leopold & Loeb Roger "The Terrible" Touhy Basil "The Owl" Banghart and fictionally Jake & Elwood Blues. Includes an introduction by Ragen and a foreword by Harry Reutlinger; well-illustrated with photographic plates halftones. Very nice copy; uncommon signed. E.P. Dutton unknown
194681180Fort Worth: Leo Potishman Foundation 1946. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Blue cloth hardcover titled in gilt; dustjacket; 136pp; included bibliography. Tight square copy in the original pictorial dustwrapper unclipped priced $1.50 on front flap lightly rubbed and worn Very Good or better. Ownership signature of Wiley B. Sanders to front endpaper see note below. <br /> <br /> Porterfield a pioneering sociologist at Texas Christian University seeks to demonstrate that juvenile criminal behavior is nearly always related to parental neglect or abuse and asserts that it is the responsibility of the community to provide a surrogate: ".the community is responsible for all youth whose parents fail them and for the training and improvement of oppoortunities of parents so that they can escape failure." from jacket copy. Includes three detailed case studies and a wealth of statistical data. This copy with the ownership signature of Porterfield's contemporary and colleague University of North Carolina sociologist Wiley Britton Sanders 1898-1973. Leo Potishman Foundation unknown
194683975Fort Worth: Leo Potishman Foundation 1946. First Edition. Presentation lengthily inscribed: "To Edward Hopper / Assistant Superintendent of a work that is more than mere prevention of disaster in young peoples' lives - it is a program of building creative personalities - with the best wishes always" signed undated but apparently contemporary with publication. First printing. Octavo. Blue cloth hardcover titled in gilt; dustjacket; 136pp; included bibliography. Tight square copy in the original pictorial dustwrapper unclipped priced $1.50 on front flap slightly rubbed soiled and worn with small losses at margins; Good or better.<br /> <br /> Porterfield a pioneering sociologist at Texas Christian University seeks to demonstrate that juvenile criminal behavior is nearly always related to parental neglect or abuse and asserts that it is the responsibility of the community to provide a surrogate: ".the community is responsible for all youth whose parents fail them and for the training and improvement of oppoortunities of parents so that they can escape failure." from jacket copy. Includes three detailed case studies and a wealth of statistical data. This copy inscribed to an "Edward Hopper" presumably not the noted painter of this period at least we can find no evidence of Hopper's involvement in a program to rehabilitate troubled youth. Leo Potishman Foundation unknown
193058580Chicago: University of Chicago Press 1930. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; xiv 205pp; 2 folding maps. Fine copy of the book; in the original dustwrapper which has been heavily repaired on front and rear panels covering a ca. 1" x 2" loss and repairing a ca. 4" tear into the bottom margin; Good only. <br /> <br /> An appealing copy of this seminal study of juvenile delinquency in Chicago. Mostly written in the "first person" based on Shaw's interviews with "Stanley" his subject beginning with his destitute childhood and proceeding through homelessness pick-pocketing car-theft various correctional facilities etc. Includes a folding map "Home Addresses of 9245 Alleged Juvenile Delinquents Dealt With by the Juvenile Police Probation Officers During the Year 1926 - Ten to Seventeen Years of Age." An uncommon book in any condition; despite flaws to the jacket this remains a quite presentable copy. University of Chicago Press unknown
